M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

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The slip road coming off the m6 at rathmorissy athenry side 01/06/17

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The start of the tuam bypass 01/06/17the kilmore roundabout

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The m17 at annagh hill 01/06/17the flyoverlooking towards tuamlooking towards rathmorrisy

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The footbridge at annagh hill is now open 03/06/17roscommon sideroscommon sideroscommon sideroscommon sidegalway sidegalway sidegalway sidegalway sidelooking towards tuamlooking towards rathmorrisy

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The m17 1km form annagh hill 03/06/17it's getting close now

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Annagh hill 03/06/17

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The m17 between corofin and annagh hill 04/06/17 looking towards tuamlooking towards rathmorrisy

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Annagh hill interchange 04/06/17the flyoverfoundation and ducting in place for the sos phones

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What is the expected opening date of this road?

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Elaine Skinny Pollution wrote: »

What is the expected opening date of this road?

It's going to be Friday the 3rd of November,work will be finished on the 08/09/17 then it will be handed over to the tii who then will be road testing of 8 weeks and then it will be open to the rest of us,but the official opening will be Feb 18

sdanseo

m17 wrote: »

It's going to be Friday the 3rd of November,work will be finished on the 08/09/17 then it will be handed over to the tui who then will be road testing of 8 weeks and then it will be open to the rest of us

That's a very long handover period, any idea why they need 8 weeks?

marno21

sdanseo wrote: »

That's a very long handover period, any idea why they need 8 weeks?

Likely DTTAS won't stump up the operating payments for an early opening. An early opening in November has been mentioned by TII in the last few months but no earlier.

Any word on the Tuam bypass M17? Thanks for the update above by the way.

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New signs at rathmorissy 05/06/17234567

VR6

Pics kook great M17, top job as usual. I wonder should they have included "Get in lane now" in the top sign - just for the inevitable numpties !

joedomvince

Newrecruit wrote: »

Thanks marno21, have you any idea how long that Journey Oranmore to Limerick will be when new motorway opens?

Thanks again.

How fast will you be driving?

joedomvince

m17 wrote: »

foundation and ducting in place for the sos phones

Who manages the SOS phones? Is it a company in Dublin and do they manage all SOS phones on motorways in the Republic?

L1011

TII manage them themselves at the control centre for the port tunnel I believe

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Rathmorissy 06/06/17 the first bridge on the m17galway sidedublin sidem18/m17 flyoverthe last bridge on the m18Aeriel view

ELCAT2009

m17 wrote: »

It's going to be Friday the 3rd of November,work will be finished on the 08/09/17 then it will be handed over to the tii who then will be road testing of 8 weeks and then it will be open to the rest of us,but the official opening will be Feb 18

Thanks for that info M17. I have heard that the Tuam Lions club cycle will be taking place on the motorway on Sun Sept 10th From Tuam to Gort and back which would tie in with those dates of all works being finished by the Fri 8th Sept.
Pity they wouldn't open it on Monday the 11th Sept then for traffic:(

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The end of the m18 and the start of the m17 through rathmorissy 06/06/1723456789101112131415

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ELCAT2009 wrote: »

Thanks for that info M17. I have heard that the Tuam Lions club cycle will be taking place on the motorway on Sun Sept 10th From Tuam to Gort and back which would tie in with those dates of all works being finished by the Fri 8th Sept.
Pity they wouldn't open it on Monday the 11th Sept then for traffic:(

There's no waffle here just great pics and updates and btw thanks for the great comments

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You'd wonder why anyone comments.

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Confirmation of the cycle event on the M17/M18 on Sept 10th.
https://www.iregister.ie/v2/events/great-western-motorway-cycle/

Benbecul97

Great idea to open it up to cycling it - pity you can't start at either end of the route though, they are definitely missing a trick there.

JupiterKid

Why is the Tuan BP opening in August? From the pics it looks ready to open now.

marno21

The Department of Transport have to stump up availability payments for an early opening. I'm surprised that Canney isn't trying to get this open ASAP instead of trying to get the train to Tuam running.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Tuam BP opened as one with the rest, if it's ready to go now I don't see why they have to wait til August. It's only 4.2km long and has 1 junction so can't be too much "testing" involved.

SMacBloscaidh

JupiterKid wrote: »

Why is the Tuan BP opening in August? From the pics it looks ready to open now.

Why does it have to be a bank holiday opening at all? Can it not open any day / week in theory?

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marno21 wrote: »

if it's ready to go now I don't see why they have to wait til August.

They have to clean it with a toothbrush and that's going to take two months










The real reason of course is, as you've said, money - the Department won't have budgeted for payments this early. So it will remain unused until the government stumps up some cash.

marno21

serfboard wrote: »

They have to clean it with a toothbrush and that's going to take two months










The real reason of course is, as you've said, money - the Department won't have budgeted for payments this early. So it will remain unused until the government stumps up some cash.

Apologies, I wasn't very clear. What I mean was, if the whole scheme is penned in, availability payments wise, to open in November, and they are making an exception to open the Tuam bypass 3 months early in August, why not open it earlier than that if it's being opened early at all?

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The m17 at Bauilphuil corofin 29/08/1508/06/17